Understanding Law

by Roger Brownsword, Roger Brownsword

This presents a contextual overview of the English legal system; provides the groundwork for a critical understanding of legal institutions, processes and materials; places the study of law within a broader framework of inquiry focusing on the evaluation and explanation of legal decision making at all levels; examines the civil justice system after Woolf; looks at the impact of the Human Rights Act; analyses the globalisation of law; sets a distinctive manifesto for legal education that is in line with the ACLEC emphasis on "understanding" (rather than passive role learning) as the key to the initial stage of legal education.

Genres: Law

Paperback

First published August 1, 2006

Reviews

[Simon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Actually worth 4 stars but it's a little out of date. I could have bought a more recent version but I only wanted it for general background reading and this one was nice and cheap on eBay. Very readable with a weak but engaging line in academic humour.